Swagger & Ink
Topics
- Academia 1
- Ageism 1
- Aging 2
- Aging Angry 2
- Amanda Moments 2
- America 10
- Anger 2
- Chavela 1
- Cruelty 1
- Death 2
- Essay 2
- Family 8
- Inspiration 6
- Interview 10
- LGBTQ 1
- Marriage 1
- Narrative Inquiry 8
- Nature 4
- New Zealand 15
- News 1
- Poetry 22
- Presentation 1
- Publication 3
- Punctuation 1
- Recipe 4
- Review 25
- Short Story 5
- Signs 1
- Social Policy 1
- Teaching 1
- Teaching and Learning 1
- War 2
- Women 3
- Words 3
- Work 1
- Writing 3
Dare to say “I”
Carol Swenson (professor emeritus, Simmons College) has delivered a compelling argument …
Morning in a Wyoming Meadow
One morning you are walking down a dusty little path in the pine forest of Wyoming.
Review: The Ethnographic I
I took up this book as part of my ongoing struggle to force my creative and scholarly selves to cohabit the same turf.
Sunshine Barusch 10/29/1997 - 6/26/2011
Born into a two-puppy litter in Salt Lake City, Sunshine Barusch left her loving family on a sunny Saturday in June …
Tax Cuts Fuel Deficit
Does anyone remember the surpluses left behind by the Clinton administration?
Choosing Heroic
I cling to the notion (perhaps the illusion?) of agency.
Cab Ride, Dunedin
Cab drivers can be so irritable when kept waiting.
Life in America: Bus Service
I read in the paper about a bunch of families in a school district that was strapped for cash.
Life in America: The GE Man
Well, there he was living with his mother! At 35!
A Wise Woman and Her Loving Husband
One day his wife’s dishwasher broke. Being married to a man of considerable reparative talent, she naturally expected him to fix it.
Afraid of Dying?
I had to admit that I was. I am. Afraid of dying.
Teaching Confessions
I hate teaching, and this year I’m celebrating a quarter century of not doing it. It’s time to come clean.
More on Iowa
I dreamed of studying at the Writers Workshop for years. The dream seemed to feed on my dissatisfaction.
I Want a Mohawk
Mary’s Beauty Shop had a door with little bells that tinkled when you walked in. It smelled of perfume and bleach.
Going Home
Larry says I came back from Iowa with a twang.
From a Grave Stone in Pompei
May the earth rest lightly upon he
Love as Quest
Her sixties, it said, were so rewarding that she decided to stick around.
Gift Horses and Rings
He decided to give me a ring, and he asked what I wanted it to look like.
Dreaming of Weddings and Babies
My children must never know how desperately I worry about them when they are away.
What's in a Name?
My pilates teacher calls me "Angela.”
“Breathe Deeply, Read Widely.”